Two more stories on the push for a Chicago gaming license: >From Crain's Chicago Business:
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=12450 " Mr. Daley dismissed suggestions that gaming would lure organized crime to Chicago or result in the impoverishment of inner-city residents who find themselves in front of roulette wheels and slot machines. "We're not opening the door to gaming in metropolitan Chicago," the mayor said. "The door is already opened" with casinos in suburban Elgin and Joliet, as well as just across the border in Northwest Indiana. In fact, officials said, Chicagoans spend $20 million a month gambling in Indiana." and the Sun-Times: http://chicagocasino.notlong.com "It's a sad day for Chicago," Nancy Duel, spokeswoman for the Anti-Gambling Task Force, told CLTV. Citing studies of gambling addiction, Duel said, "I think it would be devastating to some of our people, many of them the poor and minorities." "The ABCs of gambling are addiction, bankruptcy, crime and corruption," she said. "They always talk about revenues. They never talk about the expense." _______________________________________________ Chicago Issues Forum - Citywide Civic Discussion To post to list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To (un)subscribe: http://www.e-democracy.org/chicago/ To contact list manager: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Democracy will not share, trade, or sell your information. Please do not harvest participant e-mail information for other lists or solicitations without specific consent from addressee.
